St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-21

| morse, owing. perhaps, to the publicity given
| by the GLOBE to his freak in carrying away
with him to Duluth the statistics Of the job
Ding and manufacturing business of st. Paul,
which, in his capacity as secretary of the
chamber of commerce, he had been instructed
to collect and prepare. He returned the miss
ing papers to the st. Paul chamber Of com-
merce on Saturday. The GLOBE is glad Of
this-not so much because it is an evidence
of the papers influence, but it shows that
the professor has a conscience and he is
sorry for what he did. The professor should
have accompanied the documents with a brief
note giving his reasons for carrying the
! statistics away. There has been ample time
to copy the figures, and the next report of
the Duluth chamber of commerce will be
closely scanned to see if the professor makes
use OF ST. Paurs figures to demonstrate the
progress of the Zenith City.
! ~
If the Dakota legislature had met at the
| headwaters of the Missouri river instead of at
Bismarck, there would have been no flood at
all this spring. The members drank all the
wells and cisterns dry at Bismarck and there
was constant and yearning cry for more
water. The demand far exceeded the supply.
| ~
There has been good deal of anxiety DUR
| ing the past two or three days regarding the
fate Of Quinn, of the Bismarck Tribune, and
| Tuttle, Of the Mandan Times. 1t is known
that both of them live on low ground-Quinn
| rooming in q cave on the levee and futile
| having apartments in the basement Of a
| shack in the eastern outskirts of Mandan, in
| the basin of a stream, the channel of which
| has long since changed. Their names, how
ever, have not been mentioned in the dis
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they are safe.
A Southern Dakota editor dubs Mai Ed
wards the Jackpot politician of Fargo. This
is what may be called taking advantage of u
mans infrmities. The only revenge for the
major is to stab his calumn1ator to death
| with one-em dashes in the next issue of the
| Argus.
The brotherly feeling existing between the
neighboring cities of Bismarck and Mandan
is brought out very clearly by the flood that
| is now seething and boiling between them
| This will be the better appreciated if the
public will read the telegraphc reports from
both places published in this issue of the
GLOBE. The statements made are so won
derfuly alike that they appear to have been
written by the same person-if the GLOBE
may be allowed to join in the carnival
| Of wonderful imagery that seems to be going
on. The Bismarck man seems to be getting
the better of his Mandan adversary, but this
condition OF affairs may be changed by to-
morrow. Note what the Bismarck man gets
| in his telegram; 1.-The water is FIVE to ten
feet deep in the streets of Mandan and bust
ness is suspended. The sand that is washed
over the low lands by this flood will it is be-
I1eved, prevent the grass from growing for
two years." The Mandan man, who has not
yet seen this statement, simply says; 1.-THE
report that Mandan is inundated is utterly
! false. Business is going on as usual" He
| does not say word about Bismarck. But
wait until he sees this issue of the GLOBE
and reads the Bismarck special If the
bridge is strong enough to carry a cannon
across, the Mandan correspondent will prob
ably incite an insurrection and sack the
capital city of the territory.
! ~
The Waseca County Herald takes the GLOBE
to task for its assertion that the clock vas
turned back and the legislature continued in
| session several hours after its term had ex-
pired by constitutional limitation. The
Herald man contends that the time of the last
day did not expire at midnight but ran until
8 Il. m, the time for assembling each day.
Mr.. Child, the editor, it will be remembered
ran for governor on the Prohibition ticket,
and it is not to be presumed that such man
would misrepresent facts. The GLOBE will
see that Mr.. Chds opinion is filed with the
secretary of state for the guidance of the
next legislature.
~
A man from Duluth was in the Merchants
rotunda yesterday and told n story how a
| New Yorker came there less than a wear ago
and invested all ne had-S300-in real estate.
To-day he can draw his check for $500 ,OOO
Afidavits were not produced, but the man
was regarded with good deal of curiosity
and suspicion, and the st. Paul real estate
men disappeared Immediately and gave him
q clear field.
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Senator Clark, of Window, has been having
pretty lively time of it since his return home
endeavoring to explain to his constituents
| about a vote he cast on a certain measure 1t
seems that he changed his vote simply that
| he might move for a reconsideration. and the